Associate, Influencer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$50K/yr – $55K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

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Job Summary

You will own influencer program execution from relationship building to campaign delivery, coordinating timelines, and cross-functional collaboration to measure impact across social and PR efforts.

Lead day-to-day program execution and influencer management.
Align with analytics, social, and corporate teams to develop strategies and recaps.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Crafting storytelling in various mediums. A strong writing background across mediums is critical (social copy, client comms, outreach note, etc).
Development and execution of influencer recommendations.
Serving as the day-to-day team support during program execution.
Input on influencer relations marketing campaigns and tactics. Managing authentication and campaign set up utilizing influencer management tools.
Maintain strong talent agency and one-on-one influencer relationships. Curate compelling influencer pitches tailored to the account and brief ask.
Development and management of timelines and weekly action plans to ensure all deadlines on client programs are met.
Breaking down and manage detailed tasks with the Influencer and Account team associated with planning and implementing special public relations events and new product launches.
Proactively monitor social media and influencer space for unique brand opportunities while also developing sense of competitor set and cultural conversations.
Management of Influence team’s workflows and checklists (ways we manage programs).
Coordinate with social platform and paid media team to ensure platform and paid strategic thinking.

Requirements

Four-year degree or equivalent work experience in communications, journalism, marketing, or a similar field required
0-1 years of related professional experience
Excellent communication/presentation skills; verbal and written
Strong attention to detail and project management skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.

Preferred

Proficient or use of social media listening, influencer management tools or creative editing software (Talkwalker, Tagger, Captiv8, CreatorIQ or AdobeSuite).

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001

New York, NY, US

4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

www.webershandwick.com